Details for: WLP 2535, Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram, Little River Canyon


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram
Top Name:
Little River Canyon
Origin:
Collected – Alabama, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
26 Nov 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed50 milligramsWLP 2535 2018w01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram
Top Name:
Little River Canyon
Origin:
Collected – Alabama, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
26 Nov 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
12 December 2018.
De Kalb County, Alabama, United States
Locality: Little River Canyon National Park, DeKalb and Cherokee Counties. North end of population is 6.5 miles southeast of Fort Payne on the trail to the Little River Falls Overlook. Most of the sampled hydrangeas are along Cherokee County 275 and Little River Canyon Rim Parkway.
Coordinates: 34.3926, -85.6239 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Shady rim of canyon.
Number of plants sampled: 26
Associated species: Quercus sp., Acer rubrum, Pinus sp., Liquidambar styraciflua, Vitis riparia.
Comment: A huge continuous population (likely at least 1000 genotypes) scattered throughout the area. The population covers at least 13 linear miles. Collections made from 26 distinct plants across an area spanning latitude 34.289106 deg. N to 34.394028 deg. N and longitude 85.61963 deg. W to 85.696668 deg. W. The GPS coordinates provided refer to NA 86196.01/acc. 784, the first plant sampled in the population. GPS coordinates for each sampled plant are available upon request.
Collector(s):
Donated
26 November 2019.
Minnesota, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: Hydrangea quercifolia with genotype data
Note: Accessions with sequence data available from Sherwood et al. 2023.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. Hydrangea quercifolia with genotype data

Accession Names and Identifiers
Little River Canyon
Type: Local name

Population 58
Type: Collector identifier
Sherwood, Andrew P. USDA, ARS, NCRPIS

NA 86196
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

SH1018
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links

Narrative
Measurements of sampled speciimen taken in nature: Height 48 to 119 in.; width 26 to 115 in. Measurements for each specimen sampled may be provided upon request.
Hydrangea quercifolia W. Bartram
Genus:
Hydrangea
Family:
Hydrangeaceae
Subfamily:
Hydrangeoideae
Tribe:
Hydrangeeae
Nomen number:

409879
Place of publication:

Travels Carolina 382. 1791
Verified:
07/06/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishoak-leaf hydrangea  1Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle
Germaneichenblättrige Hortensie  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Swedishflikhortensia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
Other Links
SNP loci haplotype matrix
SNP loci consensus sequences
Actions
  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed NA 86196 to WLP 2535. 24 Feb 2022.
Pathogens
Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
  • Sherwood, Andrew P., USDA, ARS, NCRPIS. 12 Jun 2018. Located at NA - United States National Arboretum, USDA/ARS. Identifier: 784. Inventory sample: WLP 2535. Voucher taken from collection site in nature. .
Citations
  • Sherwood, A., L. W. Alexander, M. D. Clark, S. McNamara & S. C. Hokanson. 2021. Horticultural characterization of wild Hydrangea quercifolia seedlings collected throughout the species native range. HortScience 56(9):1023-1033. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI15889-21. Number of accessions cited: 55
  • Sherwood, A., L. W. Alexander, M. D. Clark, X. Wu, & S. C. Hokanson. 2023. Precipitation, temperature, and population structure influence genetic diversity of oakleaf hydrangea throughout its native range. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 148(1):29-41. DOI: 10.21273/JASHS05255-22. Number of accessions cited: 59
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
COMMENTUSDA COLD HARDINESS ZONEUSDA Cold Hardiness Zone in which the germplasm was originally collected in nature.7b USDA COLD HARDINESS ZONE Not Available
COMMENTOMERNIK LEVEL III ECOREGIONOmernik level III ecoregion in which the germplasm was originally collected in nature.8.4.9 Southwestern Appalachians OMERNIK LEVEL III ECOREGION Not Available
MORPHOLOGYPLANT HEIGHTAverage height of plant measured in centimeters.26.977571PLANT ARCHITECTURE - 2019 YR 1 POTS Not Available
MORPHOLOGYNODE NUMBERAverage number of nodes on the tallest shoot6.366271PLANT ARCHITECTURE - 2019 YR 1 POTS Not Available
MORPHOLOGYINTERNODE LENGTHAverage internode length (measured in centimeters) on the tallest shoot. Calculated as average height divided by average number of nodes.4.0333671PLANT ARCHITECTURE - 2019 YR 1 POTS Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBRANCH NUMBERAverage number of primary branches.1.0985971PLANT ARCHITECTURE - 2019 YR 1 POTS Not Available
STRESSJAN LT50Lowest temperature (°C) where 50% of stems survived in January. Determined via laboratory based controlled freezing assay; damage scored visually based on oxidative browning of vascular tissue.-35.254890LT50 Not Available
STRESSFEB LT50Lowest temperature (°C) where 50% of stems survived in February. Determined via laboratory based controlled freezing assay; damage scored visually based on oxidative browning of vascular tissue.-36.048767LT50 Not Available
STRESSMAR LT50Lowest temperature (°C) where 50% of stems survived in March. Determined via laboratory based controlled freezing assay; damage scored visually based on oxidative browning of vascular tissue.-34.407747LT50 Not Available
STRESSAPR LT50Lowest temperature (°C) where 50% of stems survived in April. Determined via laboratory based controlled freezing assay; damage scored visually based on oxidative browning of vascular tissue.025LT50 Not Available